Second Lieutenant Ein Dalton is an officer in the Mobile Suit Corps of the Gjallarhorn Mars Branch and a major antagonist in Mobile Suit Gundam IRON-BLOODED ORPHANS.
After the deaths of his superiors against Tekkadan, Ein would join up with Gaelio Bauduin to pursue Tekkadan and avenge Crank Zent.
He is voiced by Yuuma Uchida in the original Japanese version and by Max Mittelman in the English dub.
History[]
Alongside Crank Zent and Orlis Stenja, Ein was part of a contingent of Gjallarhorn forces sent by Major Coral Conrad of the Gjallarhorn Mars Branch to attack the Chryse Guard Security base and kill Kudelia Aina Bernstein in order to further stir up tensions between Earth and Mars.
After the Gjallarhorn forces were beaten by Mikazuki Augus in the Gundam Barbatos and Orlis was killed, Crank Zent went to redeem his honor by making another attempt to capture Kudelia. Ein asked to go with him, but Crank shot him down and told him that he had to do it alone.
After Crank's death in battle against the Gundam Barbatos, Ein joined up with the forces of Gaelio Bauduin and McGillis Fareed, who were pursuing the CGS (which had renamed themselves to "Tekkadan" following a coup in the ranks) and Kudelia in space, seeking to get revenge for Crank's death. Ein would grow close to Gaelio, who despite being of one of Gjallarhorn's Seven Stars families treated him as an equal and with respect.
Tragically, Ein would become consumed by his desire to avenge Crank and fulfill his last orders. After being fatally wounded in battle against Tekkadan protecting Gaelio from an attack, Ein was saved by undergoing an Alaya Vijnana surgery to have his mind hooked up to the experimental EB-AX2 Graze Ein. The surgery was conducted by McGillis, who wanted to see if such a fusion could be possible. The experiment was a success and, though Gaelio was horrified, Ein was happy that he had been saved as it meant he could continue with his efforts to avenge Crank.
Later, during the Battle of Edmonton, Ein, fused with the Graze Ein, confronted Mikazuki in the Gundam Barbatos on the outskirts of the city as he was protecting the convoy transporting Kudelia Aina Bernstein and Togonosuke Makanai into the city for the Arbrau Prime Minister election. While initially fighting Mikazuki in Barbatos, after hearing that Kudelia was in the transport, a delusional Ein flew into the city to fulfill Crank's mission by killing Kudelia, disrupting the city's electrical system with his Mobile Suit's Ahab Reactor. Ultimately, Ein was slain when the Graze Ein was destroyed by Mikazuki after he tapped into the full powers of Gundam Barbatos. The remaining parts of Ein's brain and his Alaya-Vijnana system were later salvaged and used to create the Alaya-Vijnana Type E, which allowed Vidar, Gaelio's new identity, to control the Gundam Vidar without risk to his mind or body.
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EB-06 Graze[]
Gjallarhorn's main mass-produced MS for space combat. Its colors vary depending upon its capabilities and faction. The ground type is moss green, the machine belonging to the Mars Branch at Ares is purple, the machine belonging to the Arianrhod Fleet is dark green, the machines in Iok Kujan's fleet are dark khaki and yellow, the Dainsleif operation type belonging to Arianrhod is light gray, and the machine belonging to the Revolutionary Army is blue. It is designed as a versatile machine that can be used in all environments by replacing equipment, and its operational evaluation in the field is so high that the development of a successor machine is questioned as to its necessity. While it has high maneuverability regardless of pilot, some senior pilots are dissatisfied with the leveled performance, which led to the development of the higher performance Schwalbe Graze. The ground type adopts lightweight armor suitable for operation under gravity, and is equipped with two main boosters on the thigh. The space type gains high-speed movement ability by moving the booster from the waist to the back. The commander's suit has a small blade antenna added to the head for operation under Ahab Wave, and the communication range is doubled compared to general suit. The basic armament is a 120mm rifle that can be replaced with a short barrel and a 9.8m battle ax for close combat. Optional nanolaminate armor 8.8m shields, rocket-type 320mm bazooka guns that can be suspended on shoulder racks, and large boosters with attitude control grips for manipulators are available. During the McGillis Fareed uprising, Arianrhod introduced a suit in which the left arm was replaced with an electromagnetic projector for Dáinsleif and the head sensor unit was changed to a telephoto camera type.
EB-05s Schwalbe Graze[]
A custom machine developed from a prototype common to Graze. It is a sister machine developed for commanders and ace pilots, and it is inferior in stability at low output, so it demonstrates its true value in high maneuver combat where high output is required. The "GR-Es01 Flight Unit" using the technology of the interplanetary spacecraft is attached to the back, and by using boosters on the shoulders, waist and legs together, it demonstrates high flight ability even under gravity. The head has a unique shape that uses a two-stage upper and lower sensor and a large antenna, but a spherical sensor common to the Graze frame is housed inside. The cockpit is unitized and can be separated from the suit in an emergency. Many suits, such as the blue McGillis suit and the purple Gaelio suit, have been colored and customized to suit the pilot. Later, the Gaelio plane was transferred to Ein Dalton, and the McGillis plane was transferred to Isurugi Camice. The armament is the same as the Graze, and the left arm is additionally equipped with a wired injection type wire claw.
B-AX2 Graze Ein[]
An experimental suit for the Alaya Vijnana system secretly developed by Gjallarhorn. Although it was once abandoned after the end of the experiment, it was activated by incorporating Ein Dalton, who had undergone the treatment of the Alaya Vijnana System, as a biological unit, and was put into interception of the Tekkadan in Edmonton. As a result of promoting the integration of the pilot and the suit, the arms and legs have been redesigned to be closer to the feeling of being alive. This made it larger than the normal Graze, but realized agile and delicate maneuvers by interacting with the Alaya Vijnana system. It is armed with a large ax swing on the back, two retractable shoulder 40mm machine guns, and two disposable pile bunker equipped on both arms. Both hands and claw-shaped feet rotate at high speeds to function as screw punches and drill kicks.